What happend on 18th June

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1858

Charles Darwin receives from Alfred Russel Wallace a paper that included nearly identical conclusions about evolution as Darwin's own. This prompts Darwin to publish his theory.

1815

Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Waterloo leads to Napoleon Bonaparte abdicating the throne of France for a second, final time

1812

War of 1812: The U.S. Congress declares war on the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

1778

American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1767

Samuel Wallis, an English sea captain, sighted Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island.

1685

The Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, declares himself King of England at Taunton, Somerset.

1429

The French, under the leadership of Joan of Arc, crush the English under Sir John Fastolf at the Battle of Patay. It came to be recognized as the war's turning point.

1264

The Parliament of Ireland meets at Castledermot in County Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature.

1178

Five Canterbury monks see what was possibly the Giordano Bruno crater being formed. It is believed that the current oscillations of the moon's distance (on the order of metres) are a result of this collision.